Riddle! I am a six letter word… ______ ______ ______ _______ ________ Clues: I am in Four, but not in Sour. I am the first alphabet. I am the first letter of our national fruit. I am in bin, but not in bun. I am the last letter of the opposite word big. I am the most curious letter. a F m i y l
My Family And I
What is a Family ? How many members are there in your family? Whom do you resemble in your family? Do you look like your mother or father?
Family a group of people who live together. Family members Parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins. FAMILY Family gives us love and protection . We feel safe because our family members look after us. We share joy and sadness with family members.
Types of Families Family Nuclear families Single-parent families Joint families
Nuclear Families Nuclear families are small. Children from these families visit their grandparents, uncles and aunts during holidays or over the weekends. Families in which the mother, father and children live together.
Special type of family - Big Families In a big family grandparents live with mother, father and children.
Joint Families Grandparents, uncles, aunts, parents, cousins and children live together in a joint family. The International Day of Families is celebrated every year to show the importance of families. MAY 15
Single-parent Families Families in which children stay with either mother or father.
Video link (Family) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKpyBOxvxoc New Words protection nuclear joint holidays weekends international celebrated together cousins family
protection nuclear joint holidays weekends international celebrated together cousins family
Home fun Draw a wonderful picture of your family and colour it. Don’t forget to write which type of family is yours. Write about your family in simple sentences.
Family Relations Relatives Family members who are related to each other. YOU Grandmother Grandfather Father Mother Grandfather Grandmother Parents Maternal Grandparents Paternal Grandparents
Parents of our mother and father are our grandparents. Paternal grandparents Maternal grandparents Father’s parents Mother’s parents We are the grandchildren of our grandparents. We call our grandparents by special names like nana, nani , dada, dadi, thatha , paatti . How do you call your grandparents?
How do you call your uncles and aunts? The children of our uncles and aunts are our cousins.
Family Generations Same Generation – Family members who are born and grow old in the same period. Three generations of Priya’s family
First generation – Our grandparents Second generation – Our parents, uncles, and aunts Third generation – We, our brothers, sisters and cousins The parents of our grandparents are our great-grandparents . They are called our ancestors.
Many generations of a family can be recorded with the help of a family tree . A family tree shows the people of a family for many generations and their relationship with each other. A family tree begins with grandparents or great-grandparents.
Video link (Family generations) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uPRJeRSjXk New Words paternal maternal generation recorded relatives grandparents grandchildren uncle aunt ancestors
GRADE : III MY FAMILY AND I EVS NAME : DATE : Stick the pictures of your family members. This is my grandfather This is my grandmother This is my grandmother This is my grandfather This is my father This is my mother This is my sister This is my brother My picture goes here PATERNAL MEMBERS MATERNAL MEMBERS
Home fun Draw your maternal and paternal family trees. Also write whether you live in a nuclear family or joint family.
Family Resemblances Family members look a lot like each other and have similar appearances. Children might look like their parents. A child have eyes, ears, nose or hair similar to that of his or her parents. The features that are passed from parents to the children are called hereditary features . Whom do you look like?
Twins Two children who are born at the same time to the same mother. Identical Twins (they look exactly same) Fraternal Twins (they look different)
Habits Family members resemble in their habits. A habit is a behaviour that is often repeated. Some habits are passed from parents or grandparents to the children. We take part in the same activities that our grandparents or parents took part in. E.g. Sport, art and dance This is because we feel inspired by our family members.
Video link (Twins) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1yZuM-Yvt0 New Words appearances resemblances hereditary features habit twins identical fraternal inspired behaviour
Home fun What are some of the habits and activities followed in your family. From your grandparents find out three such habits and activities. Also write whether it is followed by you or not . If so, why?
Together as a family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjnxA2QvWbI FAMILY We learn values such as honesty, kindness, care and responsibility from our families. We learn how to care for one another and how to share things with our siblings. We learn to be helpful and thoughtful towards other people. The elders in the family teach us how to respect others.
Traditions and customs Each family has their own practices. No mobile phones at the dinner table. Leaving the shoes on the shoe rack near the door and not bringing shoes inside the house. Members of a family help each other with the household work as well. Children too help in the household work by setting table for dinner, putting their toys and books back in their place, keeping the rooms tidy and watering plants daily. ( Share a custom followed in your house)
A family is a happy family when all the members of the family spend time with each other, communicate with each other, have dinner together and celebrate all festivals together.
Orphans are children who have lost their parents. Some of these children have relatives to take care of them. However some of them live on their own. Some of them might also live in special homes called orphanage where they get shelter,clothes,safety and foods. We should help these children by donating food, clothes study material and books to orphanage. Orphans and orphanage
When we are young we are strong and energetic. As we grow older , our energy levels go down. Therefore old people need help and care. Some old people cannot live with their families. They live in old age homes where they are taken care of. Old age homes
There Are Different Ways In Which We Can Care For Elderly We should help old people do activities that might be difficult for them. We should spend time with them. We should help them take their medicines on time. We should not talk loudly or play loud music when they are resting. We should give them seats in a bus or in a metro.
How do you help your grandparents? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woyraEGd7Qo New Words honesty responsibility traditions customs communicate festivals practices celebrate
honesty
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Home fun Ask your family members and find out whose birthday is going to be the very next. Prepare a birthday card and be the first to wish them.